Shoe-fastening



(No Model.) l

E. SULLIVAN.

SHOE FASTENING. No. 250,403. Patented Dec. 6,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. NORRIS SULLIVAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,403, dated December 6, 1881. Application filed April 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: tion,the end and rear bentportion of the plate Be it known that I, E. NORRIS SULLIVAN, a being caused to bear upon the spring 0. The of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State bent end of the plate ais prevented from openof Massachusetts, have invented a new and ing too far by the bent-over ears f f. The upuseful Improvement in Fastenings for Shoes, per piece, a, acts as a spring-hinge, and is held 50 Gloves, and Corsets, of which the following is closed upon the pin eby means of the spring 0. a specification. m represents the portion of the glove, shoe, The object of my invention is to produce a 850., to which the fastening is attached. The simpleand efficient fastening for gloves, shoes, attachment is effected by means of the piece corsets, 850.; and theinvention consistsin con- 3, Fig. 6, the center of which may be circular, 55 structing the fastening of three pieces of thin as at d,- or the piece may consist of a straight metal, which can be struck out with a die, and strip. The part d is placed under the portion by bending and connecting together the said m of the glove, &c. The two ends it h are bent pieces they will constitute a fastening without up and passed through the holesgg of 1), plate the necessity of solder or riveting, with the 1, and then turned down upon the same, as 60 exception of a pin which is riveted to one of shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to form a clasp. the pieces. In operation, the plate a is raised up, when Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aperan eyelet or hole in the opposite part of the spective view of a fastening as completed, shoe, glove, &c.,to be fastened is placed upon shown on a large scale. Fig. 2 is a side elethe pin 6. and the plate a is shut down, thus 65 vation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical secsecurely holding the parts together. tion of Fig. 2 on the line a; a2. Figs. 4, 5, and The pin 6 may have a slight inclination in- 6 represent the several parts of the fastening ward, if desirable, in order to prevent the liaas struck out from sheet metal. bility of the eyelet slipping off the pin. b is the base of the fastening, composed of In Fig. 4 an extension, 2', is shown, which "0 a piece of metal struck out, as seen in Fig. 4. may be bent under the base b and serve the It has two ear-pieces provided with holesff purpose of a separate spring. and two slots, g g, and a hole, e. The top a What I claim as my invention is of the fasteningis struck outin theform shown 1. A fastening for gloves, shoes, 860., comin Fig. 5,having a circular enlarged head and posed of the plate a, provided with the pro 75 two projections, ff, as shown. jectionsff, the plate I), provided with two ear- Fig.6 shows the piece used for securing the pieces, and the metal strip 0, substanti lily as fastening to the glove, shoe, 85c. and for the purpose set forth.

In putting the parts together to form the 2. The plate I), provided-with the earsf, in fastening the two ear-pieces of the plate 1, combination with the plate a, provided with 80 Fig. 4, are bent over inward, so that the holes the projectionsf, connected and operating tof f will constitute hearings for the projecgether as described and shown. tionsff on the plate 2, Fig. 5, which is bent In testimonywhereot'lhave signed my name in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Underto this specification in the presence of two sub- 0 neat-h the plate b is a short narrow strip of scribing witnesses.

steel or elastic metal, 0, to the front end or which is secured a pin, 6, which passes up NORRIS SULLIVAN through the hole 6 in plate 12. The strip or Witnesses: spring 0 extends back and serves to hold the J 0s. H. ADAMS, rear end of plate a in an open or closed posi- B. OHARA. 

